Lifestyle children were full of community spirit

Operation Lifestyle group Yarborough Busy Bees pictured in August 1991 behind their stall selling secondhand school uniforms which they collected for their sale at St Michael's Church Hall, Grimsby, to raise funds for the visually handicapped unit at Yarborough Junior School, Grimsby. They are, from left, David Taylor and Andrew Leonard, both 11, Jonathan Owen, 12, Michael O'Flaherty and Philip Quinn, both 11.

Look at this happy bunch of youngsters who all took part in Operation Lifestyle between 1990 and 1996.

The Humberside Police scheme encourages children to dedicate their time to helping their community during the school summer holidays.

Young ones aged between 10 and 18 are asked to form teams and choose a project, then each team records their activities in a log book which they submit to the annual Lifestyle Awards, having the chance to win exciting prizes.

If you took part in Operation Lifestyle in the 1990s then maybe you’ll be pictured here.

These four Lifestyle girls made a mountain out of bagfuls of cans they collected from the streets, ditches and fields near their Church Meadows Estate homes in August 1990. Not only were the friends – Alison Riley, Amanda Makey, Nicola Welbourn and Amanda Lewis-Evans – cleaning up their environment as part of the county-wide Operation Lifestyle scheme, they recycled the cans for a good cause. For each of the hundreds picked up since the start of the summer holiday they earned 1p for the special care baby unit at Grimsby Maternity Hospital. The four, who were best friends at Yarborough Middle School in Grimsby, had to separate up the cans into recyclable aluminium and tin with magnets.

Operation Lifestylers from Waltham Toll Bar School, from left, Melanie Sharp, Nicola Sharp, Lara Smith, Karen Gould and Lucy Worsnop hand over £221 which they raised through a sponsored walk and holding a stall in the hospital foyer, to Melanie Elwis for the MRI Scanner Appeal in November 1993.

The Mayor of Cleethorpes, Coun Kelly Bradley, third from left, plants a mountain ash tree, which he donated, in the nature garden created for the Reynolds Infants’ and Junior schools, Cleethorpes, by the Operation Lifestyle group Wacky Workers in February 1994. The group, pupils of Lindsey School, Cleethorpes, were 13-year-old Helen Kay, left, with Trena Russell, 15, 13-year-old Lisa Russell, fourth from left, and 14-year-old Amy Perkins, second from right. Also pictured are the chief executive Peter Daniel, fourth from right, governor Steve Russell and head of infants, Stephanie Robinson.

Operation Lifestylers the Handy Helpers raised £39 for the Cleethorpes and Grimsby Riding for the Disabled, and here they present their cheque to local riders at Weelsby Riding School, Grimsby in October 1992. They are, from left, Anna Broadburn, Nicola Reaich and Louise Newmarch. The riders are Kristopher Hostead, Sara Bramley and Joanne Nuttall.

Lifestyle winners Brigg's Busy Beggars celebrate with commere Diane-Louise Jordan after being announced the winners at Hull New Theatre in November 1996. With them are the Chief Constable of Humberside, Tony Leonard, and the managing director of Humberside Training and Enterprise Council, Peter Fryer. They are, from left, Lisa Youngman, Neil Stapleton, Wayne Youngman, Rebecca Stapleton and adult supervisor Ann Eardley.

Lifestyle '95 group Rescue Rangers, 14-year-old Whitgift School, Grimsby, pupils from left, Sarah Wilson, Leanne Broderick, Lisa Baldock and Kimberley Read set for business when they held a sale in the car park of the Cricketers, Grimsby, to benefit the Grimsby District General Hospital children's wards in August 1995. They had already held a sponsored swim and cycle ride. Fifth group member not pictured is Melanie Trushell.

Operation Lifetylers, the Green Team, organised a sponsored litter pick and raised more than £50 to buy food for the Blue Cross Animal Hospital, Grimsby in September 1994. A donation to the hospital's equipment fund was also included. They are, from left, Natalie Cross, appeal co-ordinator Jackie Warner, Amanda Harness and Samantha Fearnley.

Operation Lifestyle group Yarborough Busy Bees pictured in August 1991 behind their stall selling secondhand school uniforms which they collected for their sale at St Michael's Church Hall, Grimsby, to raise funds for the visually handicapped unit at Yarborough Junior School, Grimsby. They are, from left, David Taylor and Andrew Leonard, both 11, Jonathan Owen, 12, Michael O'Flaherty and Philip Quinn, both 11.